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Los Angeles fire department responds to emergency call from home of Brittany Murphy's husband
By Associated Press - December 20, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Fire Department has responded to a 911 call from the home of actress Brittany Murphy's husband. Fire Department spokesman Devon Gale says the call was made at 8 a.m. Sunday from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to British screenwriter...
James Cameron's space fantasy 'Avatar' takes off with $27 million in first day of release
By Associated Press - December 20, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) James Cameron's space fantasy "Avatar" has launched with a solid $27 million opening day at the box office. Storms in the East likely will hurt the movie's prospects to approach the December opening weekend record of $77.2 million set by Will Smith's "I Am Legend." "Avatar" did...
Sarah Jessica Parker looking forward to a family Christmas at home in New York City
ADAM EGAN - December 18, 2009
dvi LONDON (AP) Sarah Jessica Parker is looking forward to a family Christmas. That's because she won't be the only female in the house this year; her baby girls, Marion and Tabitha, will also be part of the festivities. The twins were born last June to a surrogate and the actress is...
Filmmaker Michael Moore threatens Conn. boycott because of Sen. Lieberman's health care stands
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore is threatening to organize a boycott of Connecticut in response to Sen. Joseph Lieberman's opposition to key parts of federal health care legislation. Moore tells The Associated Press he will launch the boycott if Lieberman...
Spokesperson says Melanie Griffith had surgery to remove early skin cancer from face
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) A representative for Melanie Griffith says the actress has had surgery to remove early stages of skin cancer from her face. Spokeswoman Robin Baum said Thursday the procedure was done early enough to prevent further complications. The 52-year-old Griffith...
Paparazzo crashes bicycle into actress Anne Hathaway's car in Los Angeles; no serious injuries
By Associated Press - December 18, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Authorities say a paparazzo has crashed his bicycle into actress Anne Hathaway's car in West Hollywood. No one was seriously injured. Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Thursday the unidentified cyclist ran into Hathaway's car on Wednesday as...
Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio set to honor Martin Scorsese at the Golden Globes
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio are set to celebrate Martin Scorsese at next month's Golden Globe Awards. The two actors and longtime Scorsese collaborators will present the director with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 67th annual Globes ceremony....
Movie review: The news isn't good for Parker, Grant's 'Did You Hear About the Morgans?'
GLENN WHIPP - December 17, 2009
Did you hear about the Morgans? If so, you might wish you hadn't. This bland fish-out-of-water comedy is unremarkable in every aspect, unless you're one of them thar city slickers who thinks the idea that Sarah Jessica Parker trading in her Jimmy Choos for a pair of cowboy boots...
Jennifer Jones, Oscar winner for 'Song of Bernadette' and philanthropist, dies at 90
BOB THOMAS - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Jennifer Jones, the beautiful, raven-haired actress who was nominated for Academy Awards five times, winning in 1943 for her portrayal of a saintly nun in "The Song of Bernadette," died Thursday. She was 90. Jones, who in later years was a leader of the Norton Simon...
Guy Ritchie's London pub license challenged by neighbors angry over noise and crowds
RAPHAEL G. SATTER - December 17, 2009
LONDON (AP) Officials in a London neighborhood have a message for the celebrity patrons who flock to Guy Ritchie's watering hole: Take it inside. Residents of west London's wealthy Mayfair neighborhood complained that the 41-year-old filmmaker had transformed The Punch Bowl from a...
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